{"id":12819,"date":"2012-07-17T09:25:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=12819"},"modified":"2012-07-17T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:25:09","slug":"hilary-clinton-please-consider-global-warming-with-kxlp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/hilary-clinton-please-consider-global-warming-with-kxlp\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton, please consider global warming with KXLP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following letter to Secretary Clinton was released a short while ago. It will be delivered later on this week. Also later on in the week, there will be a place where you can add your comments. Also, there will be a related piece in Rolling Stone’s next issue (this week). I imagine there may even be a petition or two! Also, you will find more discussion and other relevant links HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 350.org web site<\/a> will have more, and I’ll pass on anything I get.<\/p>\n

Dear Secretary Clinton,<\/p>\n

We are writing to ask that the State Department conduct, as part of its evaluation of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, a serious review of the effect of helping open Canada\u2019s tar sands on the planet\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n

At the moment, your department is planning to consider the effects of the pipeline on \u201crecreation,\u201d \u201cvisual resources,\u201d and \u201cnoise,\u201d among other factors. Those are important\u2014but omitting climate change from the considerations is neither wise nor credible. The vast volumes of carbon in the tar sands ensure that they will play an important role in whether or not climate change gets out of hand; understanding the role this largescale new pipeline will play in that process is clearly crucial.<\/p>\n

We were pleased that President Obama saw fit to review this project more carefully; it would be a shame if that review did not manage to comprehensively cover the most important questions at issue.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

John Abraham
\nAssociate Professor, School of Engineering
\nUniversity of St. Thomas<\/p>\n

Ken Caldeira
\nSenior Scientist
\nDepartment of Global Ecology
\nCarnegie Institution<\/p>\n

James Hansen
\nResearch Scientist
\nThe International Research Institute for Climate and Society
\nThe Earth Institute, Columbia University<\/p>\n

Michael MacCracken
\nChief Scientist for Climate Change Programs
\nClimate Institute<\/p>\n

Michael E. Mann
\nProfessor of Meteorology
\nDirector, Earth System Science Center
\nThe Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n

James McCarthy
\nAlexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography
\nHarvard University<\/p>\n

Michael Oppenheimer
\nAlbert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs
\nWoodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences
\nPrinceton University<\/p>\n

Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
\nLouis Block Professor in the Geophysical Sciences
\nThe University of Chicago<\/p>\n

Richard Somerville
\nDistinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor
\nScripps Institution of Oceanography<\/p>\n

George M. Woodwell
\nFounder, Director Emeritus, and Senior Scientist
\nWoods Hole Research Center<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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